Tuesday

Dream Sequence

I get such a buzz from beautiful light these days. Light filtering through a window is always a winner because you see a beautiful contrast from the darkness in the room. Perfect for beauty shots.
As you can gather from these images I've tried to do a strange cloudy effect to disguise the bathroom wall and I haven't really mastered it. I spent so much time on the attempt it seems a shame not to share what was left over anyway. Even now I'm looking at it I can see so many areas which could have been smoothed over but I'm feeling lazy... and I've had no training using digital editing so this is all an exploration for me. In summary the first two images I really like but the bottom two I'm thinking are a bit so-so to my standards, and I probably should have left the bathroom wall well alone. I'll let you all make the comparisons anyway. My first self-portrait was in the same location.

Create a new layer.Go back to your photo layer, and highlight area you want to 'cloud'. Once you have an area selected go back to the new layer. Set your black and white defaults to white and cream say.Then go Filter>Render>CloudsNow you should have some approximately located wear you want them, you can use Filter>Blur>Gaussian to get them more foggy. Once your happy, set the opacity of your layer and erase any edges that are too hard...

Dunno if that makes sense, I could show you in a few screen shots if you like. Lovely shots though, you looks stunning.

They look amazing.Very mystical and infact if you didnt point it out i dont think you can really pick up that the wall has been altered it just looks as if thats the effect on the photo.Very very nice. i notice you seem to be critical of your work sometimes which is good but dont be too hard on yourself, your stuff is amazing (modelling, styling, photographing AND editing). You also show a unique editing style with your photos too.

Beautiful done. I think these may be some of your best beauty shots yet. I love the focus on the headshots (having the hair closest to the foreground slightly out of focus, but the actual facial features in focus).

I think the cloudy effect works on the background. It's only around the body (specially around the legs) that it shows up as not being natural. I'd suggest how to do it, but Zeus beat me to it! Good luck. :)